A new report published today shows that the proportion of poor children whose parents are in employment has risen. The number of children in absolute poverty stayed the same between 2009 and 2014, the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) report concluded. Rising employment meant more children lived with working parents. But the real income of working families fell - so the proportion of poor children in working families rose from 54% to 63%, says the IFS. More.

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